Alert B092 · Start Fund Bangladesh

Flash flooding across haor communities in Sunamganj

A second wave of upstream rainfall pushed haor water levels past danger mark within 36 hours, cutting off homestead mounds across four upazilas. Members raised the alert the following morning and the allocation committee activated within 48 hours.

ActiveFloodResponseRaised 15 September 2026

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Wide shot from a boat: a homestead mound surrounded by floodwater, family members loading belongings, one member-organisation volunteer in a marked vest helping. Establishes urgency and scale without making any individual the hero of the story.

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Flash flooding across haor communities in Sunamganj, Alert B092. Image credit: Member organisation, 2026

People reached: 24,800
Funds disbursed: £218,000
Crisis to community reach: 7days

What happened

Major activities

Multi-purpose cash transfers to 4,960 households
Emergency water treatment and 12 temporary latrine blocks
Livestock feed and elevated shelter for cattle
Boat-based mobile health camps in five unions

Timeline

Crisis occurred
14 September 2026
Alert raised by members
15 September 2026
Allocation decision
17 September 2026
Aid reached community
21 September 2026

Crisis to alert: 1 day
Alert to decision: 2 days
Crisis to reach: 7 days

Reach, disaggregated

Women: 7,900
Men: 6,400
Girls: 5,600
Boys: 4,900
Persons with disability: 860

Who responded

3 responding members

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Acknowledgements

Per the brand manual, the Start Fund Bangladesh sequence runs donors → Start Fund Bangladesh → Start Bangladesh Hub → members → collaborators.

Donors

FCDO

Irish Aid

Programme & Hub

Start Fund Bangladesh

Start Bangladesh Hub

Responding members

HJUS

SNKS

BDF

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Where

Districts covered by this alert

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2 districts · 4 upazilas